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Global food consumption Newly industrialised countries such as China are consuming more as wealth increases. LEDCs such as Africa consume less food, many malnourished, lack of money. Have to import if possible and rely on aid. MEDCs like Europe consume a lot as can afford to import, culture of consumerism, high disposable incomes.…read more

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Types of agriculture COMMERCIAL ­ food production to sell and make profit. SUBSISTENCE ­ just enough food grown for family in LEDCs. CAPITAL INTENSIVE ­ high input of money invested e.g. labour saving machinery. LABOUR INTENSIVE ­ employs a large labour force. INTENSIVE ­ produces high yield from small area of land. EXTENSIVE ­ low capital and labour input so produces small yield from large area of land. ARABLE ­ crops grown for food, fuel, animal feed LIVESTOCK ­ animals such as cows and sheep raised for food or materials.…read more

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Common Agricultural Policy Food auctioned on world market and value set by supply and demand. Subsidies given to farmers to produce more food than demand. Need extra food to increase food security in case of natural disaster or war (response to WWII). Demand bigger than supply = high price Supply bigger than demand= low price so farmers were paid the difference in subsidies to compensate for overproduction. Subsidies are expensive to government and need to find storage facilities. In 1990s CAP had to reform. Subsidies to dairy/ livestock farmers were reduced so no longer encouraged to over breed or over graze. Arable farmers paid to set aside 10% of land uncultivated to reduce grain mountains.…read more

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Tariffs Taxes applied to imported goods to stop importers undercutting home produce. Prevents consumers buying cheap imported products.Example EU can produce 94% of beef it needs. If it was cheaper for consumers to buy imported beef then it wouldn't be profitable for EU producers and production would decrease. So tariff is applied to imported beef making them more expensive than locally produced to encourage fair competition. Free trade is production, transportation and selling of agricultural produce without government intervention.…read more

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Quotas Limit production of some foods to prevent overproduction. Import quotas protect market by limiting amount of imported produce. Quotas increase if demand increases.Example Milk quotas introduced in 1980s due to overproduction that created huge amounts that couldn't be consumed or exported.…read more